G. M. Trevelyan Quotes About Past
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Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to interest it intelligently in the past, then all their historical learning is valueless except in so far as it educates themselves.
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We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.
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"History repeats itself" and "History never repeats itself" are about equally true ... We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.
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Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future.
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